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Paul Krugman’s Fake Facts: Demonizing Republican Food-Stamp Proposals
No one’s denying food to the poor.
Gender Imbalance in the Black Community
Mass incarceration was a major factor in the decline of the black family. We've started to tackle the problem, but there’s still more work to be done.
Why 2018 Will Be a Banner Year for Worker Wages
Today's economy is a most favorable environment for robust wage gains.
Should We Embrace an ‘America First’ Immigration Policy?
We must find a way to enact more merit-based immigration without decimating the share of the world’s poor who can legally enter the United States.
Black and Muslim Women Are Invisible to the Feminist Movement
The feminist movement has focused on issues not of concern to the majority of women in the U.S.
To Understand Why the White Working Class Voted Trump, See Hacksaw Ridge
Van Jones’s explanation for why white working-class America voted for Donald Trump is inadequate.
Trump Is Right: Democrats Have Failed African Americans
Left-wing orthodoxy spurns the best solutions to problems plaguing too many black communities.
University Affirmative-Action Admissions Policies Are Toxic
Current university affirmative-action admissions policies are doing more harm than good.
Social Science, Credulous and Governed by Hearts
In her investigations of poverty and the poor, social scientist Kathryn Edin accepts at face the reports of subjects she interviews, resulting in flawed and self-contradictory research.